Well, it has all changed again, I should just relist it as it has changed so many times since creating this as the "3rd" system. One thing is for sure, Ever Evolving has been accurate.
Awesome little digital tuner from the late 1980's.
Audio Note AN-Vx - Interconnect
I have two sets; I run one from my CDP to preamp and one from my tuner to preamp. Symmetrical 99.99% silver litz coax 20 strands 0.09 mm
Audio Note AN-Vz - Interconnect
Silver IC, 1m RCA
Analysis Plus Big Silver Oval
Constructed of pure silver over a stabilizing strand of oxygen-free copper, woven into a patented hollow oval geometry in an oval-coaxial configuration. 9 gauge.
Clearwave Loudspeaker Design Symphonia 72R
The Symphonia 72R has a custom sandwich layered non- resonant 2 inch thick front baffle with a solid hardwood layer for driver de-coupling. The drivers are flush mounted level to the front baffle to eliminate edge diffraction, and the driver openings have chamfered flares at the backside of the opening to eliminate early reflections inside the box. Top of the line RAAL tweeters and Accuton drivers.
Wadia 170iTransport
I use this with a 160g iPod Classic.
PS Audio DigitalLink III
Mine has the Level 4 Cullen modifications.
Furman IT Reference 20i
This power conditioner and protection unit has made the biggest difference I have ever intruduced into a system; I wish I would have purchased something like this a long time ago!!!
"I definitely wish for a fuller sound for this large room"
Again, going with my gut, I suspect that is a challenge to accomplish exactly in that room.
I think I would do what you have done. Go for something more understated perhaps but that also keeps your attention and can also get the toe tappin regularly.
"Ironically, I don't find the sound of my system with the the Harbeth's warm or laid-back, but maybe some of that is a sign of previous systems or my room. "
That may be evidence of the Harbeths being a good match into the room.
My understanding is that harbeths tend towards the warm side of sound compared to other speakers normally in most rooms. YOur room is very unique in construction however and inherently lively. I would expect good synergy with HArbeths based on my understanding in your room as a result. Part of that may be a more neutral sound than tpyical with Harbeths.
Synergy is everything! Unique rooms (acoustically) are likely to have unique synergies that are not the norm.
Assuming your room is very lively, then less power may be desirable as well for best results.
Also, also higher frequencies tend to reflect while lower frequencies tend more to be absorbed. A warmer sounding speaker with less energy in the high frequencies could be just what the doctor ordered.
I think listening to Harbeths in a beautiful log home room is a wonderful place to be both aesthetically and because most likely less may mean moe when it comes to the demand on an amplifier.
And also the move to lower power high quality amp would also appear to be a sound one in my eyes assuming that room is as inherently lively acoustically as I suspect it is. To take it even further if needed, probably a good environment for running even a lower powered SET amp with the Harbeths if desired. That might provide options to take the edge off even further if needed.
I see you've tried a lot of speakers in this system over the years!
I'm going to guess that the famously warmer, more laid back Harbeths are a very good fit into that room, which from the pictures I am guessing is inherently pretty lively with a lot of echo and reflected sound in play.
